The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories

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Title: The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories
Author: Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blackefriers by Ludgate,; 1577.
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Subject terms: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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CAP. VI.

How the Emperour after his victory against Procopius went about to compell the Mace∣donian councell of Lampsacum & all Christians to the Arian opinion.

THe Emperour being puffed vp with his prosperous and lucky successes, turned himselfe a∣gaine to molest & persecute the christians because he determined with him self to preferre e∣uery where the Arian opinion. And first of all the councell held at Lāpsacum lay on his sto∣macke not onely because they deposed the Arian Bishops and depriued them of their Churches, but also because they accursed the forme of faith lately established at Ariminum. Wherefore after his comming vnto Nicomedia a citie of Bithynia he called before him Eleusius Bishop of Cyzi∣cum, who as I sayde before was of the Macedonian opinion. The Emperour called together a councell of Arian Bishops, and compelled Eleusius to subscribe vnto their faith. Who though at the first he denied vtterly that he woulde agree thereunto, yet afterwards being fore threatned of the Emperour with banishment and confiscation of all his substance, he yelded vnto the Arian o∣pinion: Immediatly after his subscription he was in a great agony and torment of conscience: he returned thence to Cyzicum: In the face of the congregation he made a pitifull complaint with relation of the iniurie which the Emperour had done vnto him: how he had condescended not with his will, but by compulsion vnto the Arian heresie: he requested they woulde get them an other bi∣shop, because that he was constrayned to deny his owne opinion, but the inhabiters of Cyzicum for the great loue and affection they bare towards him, neyther woulde acknowledge an other bi∣shop ouer them, neyther yeld vp the gouernment of their Church. Wherfore they both tooke him for their superior, and kept still their former opinion.